Here's a close up of what it says. (Excuse the pictures, my oldest kid was taking them.)
Here's an overall picture of it. There's books that say science and history, etc. It's meant to look like a classroom counter facing out the window. I thought it was very cute.
I still have to go back in and do the details.
But for now, I'm putting this project aside to work on teacher gifts.
Here's a sneak preview.
I don't know why I like to do the rest of the stitching after the fact. I call it the detail stitching.
I guess it might have to do with the fact that I did one with all the details and realized I had to redo the entire thing because I thought what I did was what I was supposed to do but I was wrong.
It sucked.
Two more to go before I get to the "detail stitching". Slowly but surely. I'll get there.
Late last night.
Way too early this morning.
Those two are done; four more to go...
The above were my first. They came out perfect. The ones below, my second...not so perfect.
My fabric was way tooo short (but oh so cute!) so I thought that I would solve that by splitting it the way that I did. However, I didn't think it through I cut them out as two seperate panels including what I had decided to make the valance. Which is fine for the panels but not for the valance.
UPDATED: I should add close-ups of the fabric so you can see it's cuteness...lol
Here's the valance and below is one of the panels.
But still, all was not lost. My next mistake (yup, another) is that I thought "Heck, those lines on the other set of curtains were so easy. I probably don't need to measure or pin." and so I didn't.
Now for the shoulds...
My valance came out crooked. If I had thought it through I should have left that one piece. Even after I cut it, I should have either sewed it back together as one piece and then measured and pinned or I should have measured them exactly and pinned them to make sure they were sewn exactly the same.
Of course, if I wanted to be picky...I should have opened the fabric before I bought it and measured. But hey, the fabric was only $1 a yard! It was a steal!
If I wanted to be really picky, I should have had the measurements of the windows in my purse so I would have known exactly what I need but uh what's that saying about Hindsight...*giggle*
But...seems to me the great thing about sewing is that it can be undone.
So, for now the second curtains hang while I ponder exactly how to fix them. I want to make sure I think this through because I have this plan....
I have to go back in and do the fill in work but I like to save that for last for some weird reason.
The theme is transportation. I've already chosen the fabric that these are going to be quilted on. I have about 4 or 6 more transportation objects to cross-stitch before I go back and fill them in. I should take a pic of the fabric I chose for the background and post that too.
That will be for another time though since I've had this sitting in draft for 25 days already...
Back to craft blogging...YAY!~
I decided to take a break from the new baby blankie and crochet this up really quick. It's adorable, I think! lol
Finally~!
As I made it, I realized it was just a single granny square (12 rows) with a half granny square attached and I thought of the poor preemie babies that are so tiny. I chose to put a blue ribbon on this one.
Once the baby is placed inside the ribbon is tied up like so. It's really sad to think about, but I think it would be nice to have something like this to wrap your baby in for burial.
I also have a pattern for a preemie burial gown and a preemie burial romper for boys. I think I am going to give those a shot as well. I'm not sure when though.
